Victim of Emotions
Prologue
A baby lay in a basket, surrounded by fur blankets, with a three year old Obi-Wan looking on. He had been told to watch her at all costs and make sure nothing happened to her.
There was something about this child that Obi-Wan liked. He couldn't describe it. She hadn't made a noise. She had barely moved. She had just stared into his eyes intently. There was knowledge and understanding in that stare. She seemed to know more about what was going on than he did.
He needed to say something. He didn't know why. He was very confused over the feelings he was getting for her. "When we old enough," he said, pointing to the stars above them without looking away from the basket, "we'll go to the stars together."
The baby looked past his head to the sparkling pinpoints above them. She seemed to grin slightly and he grinned back. Then he looked over the balcony to the doors of the Jedi Council. Beyond those, he knew they were discussing this girl's future.
He reached into the basket and held her hand. He didn't want to leave her, but he had a feeling that they were going to be separated.
"We may not know what she is, but we need to get back to the point of what we should do with her," Mace Windu said, leaning forward in his seat in the Jedi Council hall.
Yoda looked at the piece of paper that had come with the basket that he was fingering in his hands. "Come to a decision, we must. Dangerous, it is, to keep her here."
"If we could send her to a safer place, a place where she won't find out about the Force, we might be safe," Ki Adi Mundi suggested.
"I still find it hard to believe that the girl could possibly be so evil as the note proclaims," Qui-Gon Jinn said, standing in the centre of the room with his arms folded.
"But someone with that much power couldn't possibly find a way to control it," pointed out Mace Windu.
"A planet, is there, that know not of us?" Yoda asked.
"There is Earth. The Humans there are too busy with their own problems that they don't see beyond their own system. I doubt she'd find out about what she was, or what she could do, from there," Qui-Gon offered.
"But isn't that planet riddled with civil war? I don't think it would be safe," Ki Adi Mundi stated. "She may inadvertently discover the powers she has if she got involved in the wars."
"The colonies they have built," Mace Windu proposed. "They are supposed to be populated by peaceful people. I'm sure it would be perfectly safe to send her there."
"Settled, is it, then?" Yoda checked. The entire council nodded their agreement. "Qui-Gon, to the colonies, the girl take. A good home, make sure she has. Want to spark her anger, we do not."
Chapter 1
From what I remember of my childhood, it started off well. My parents were nice people and they cared for me. But they were killed by OZ. OZ could argue that they had been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but if they weren't trying to take control of the colonies with such force then my parents would still be alive. It was OZ's fault they died and I hated them for it. It was that hatred that made me into the person I am today.
I went into hiding after their death, drifting from one back street to the next, keeping out the way of most people. But I did meet one kid. He called himself Duo. He was one of the few things that had kept me going during the first few years of loneliness. He kept me laughing. You just cannot remain serious when he's around.
But I'm alone now. He had been caught and taken away when trying to get some food. I've always wondered where he went to, but I guess I'll not find out. Of the huge number of people in the colony, coming across one specific person is pretty unlikely.
I've developed a knack for getting into places that I'm not wanted, and I've learned that the most interesting buildings are the ones that are hardest to get in to. I've always been one for exploring. And the grey building with the large metal doors, small windows and none on the first floor, with the black security cameras almost completely hidden in the underside of the roof made my curiosity hit its peak.
I leapt to the third floor window and balanced on the window frame while I pried the window open, then climbed in, all in complete silence.
I've never understood my strange, almost supernatural, abilities. At first I thought it was normal and that everyone could do it, but then I jumped from the roof of a ten-storey building without breaking my legs and Duo said that it wasn't normal. But he seemed to understand that I didn't know how I could do it and just dropped the matter. At the time the police were pursuing us so it wasn't exactly the right time to go into a detailed discussion, but I wanted answers, and I still do, but I know of no one who can give them to me.
I heard voices coming from down the corridor outside the room and guessed they were coming to where I was. They may not have been, but I couldn't be too careful, so I had to get out the way anyway, even if they weren't. There were no other doors and I wasn't just going to jump back out the window again. Looking at the ceiling, I saw the vent shaft. The perfect hiding place, and easy access to the rest of the building, I thought quickly as I pulled off the hatch and climbed in.
I was just in time. As I pulled the grate back over the entrance to the vent, the door opened and four scientist-like people walked in. I slithered my way out of the room, following the system of air ducts, hoping to come across something of interest. My life was too dull if I didn't do something like this every so often.
I found myself looking into some sort of computer room. I saw two guys about to walk out of the room. One was an old man, with mushroom shaped hair and a long nose. The other looked about my age. He wore black clothes, with a priest's collar. His long hair was tied in a braid behind his back.
Just like Duo used to wear his, I realised. But it couldn't be him. Why not? I asked myself. I looked at his face more carefully. The same face, slightly older yes, but still it had to be the same person. What was he doing here?
"I think you're ready to go to Earth," the old man said, looking down at Duo. "I'll take you to see your Gundam." Duo grinned and they walked out.
Gundam? I'd heard of gundanium but what was a 'Gundam'? I was about to climb out of the vent (it was uncomfortable and I wanted fresh air), but at that moment yet more scientist-looking people walked in. I started to slither forwards, looking for somewhere I could jump out, when I heard a creak from the supports of the vent.
Uh oh! That was not a good noise! I thought, staying deadly still. The scientists had obviously heard it and were looking in my direction. As long as they didn't see my shape through the grate, I was safe.
I started to slither forward again, until I heard another noise. This time it was more like groaning and it went on for much longer. If I moved, this whole thing was going to collapse, with me in it.
The scientists were looking at each other confusedly while walking in my direction. Please, just go away! Go away! I willed, concentrating as much as I could on the thought that if I thought it wasn't going to happen, it wasn't going to happen.
And to my utter surprise, the scientists turned away and started to walk out. What the? I shouldn't be complaining, but it had to have been a consequence. I breathed a sigh of relief and started to crawl forward again, completely forgetting that I should stay still, at least until they had gone.
A creaking. A groaning. Then a snapping and crumpling and one side of the vent tipped to the ground and flung me out onto the floor, in full view of the scientists.
That was my first fic so please don't hurt me. Anyway, I hoped you liked it. The next chapter should be coming relatively soon. All comments are welcomed so please please review or send an email directly to me at rinveers@hotmail.com
But special thanks to Xilmin Nerrar. If she hadn't written her Star Wars fic (I'm not even going to attempt to spell it!) I would never have written this. So if you liked mine then try reading hers. I'm sure she'd greatly appreciate it if you reviewed. But I better tell you though, her stuff is kinda strange. So don't say I didn't warn you!